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From: vizard@dartvax.UUCP (Todd Krein)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: Future Patches To Make Minix Usable in the Real World
Message-ID: <6475@dartvax.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 15-Jun-87 16:17:42 EDT
Article-I.D.: dartvax.6475
Posted: Mon Jun 15 16:17:42 1987
Date-Received: Sun, 21-Jun-87 06:01:55 EDT
References: <114@jc3b21.UUCP> <1205@botter.cs.vu.nl>
Organization: Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
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Summary: I'm doin' floats... wanna help instead of b*tching?

In article <1205@botter.cs.vu.nl>, ast@cs.vu.nl (Andy Tanenbaum) writes:
> 
> Your specific comments:
> 
> 1) No floats.  I agree, they would be nice, but I haven't personally used
>    a number > 32767 in years.  Is anyone working on floats?
> 

	I really didn't want to mention it before the whole thing was done,
but I'm really feed up with people saying "I want ----", "Andy didn't
give me ----", etc. Yes, I too was disapointed that Minix didn't have 
floating point, so I got a start from Dr. Tanenbaum and began. Several 
sections are done, more partially complete. Work goes slow, as I'm also trying
to write my M.E. thesis and continue research, as my stipend is my only
support. I do not want a box full of "Oh, send me it when it works" or
such crap. When it's done and beta-tested, I'll post it. I would like, if
anyone else is REALLY interested and not just wasting my time, some help.
If people would be so kind as to develope self-testing floating point
programs (a test-suite if you will), that would be the most helpfull.

	I'm sorry for the snide tone of writing ( ;-> ), and I'm sure I'll
be sorry about mentioning the project before it's done, but perhaps this will
kill some of the time wasting, lazy-*ssed crud being posted.

	Todd Krein
	Thayer School of Engineering
	Hanover, NH
		03755

	(603) 646-3866

	vizard@dartvax

(Ah... I feel so much better now...)